Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 167 192
Rank change year-on-year -25 +25 +15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 105 110 235
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.72% 1.41% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.34% 2.99% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 83 81 170
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £27,125 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +8.97% +4.00%
75th Percentile £50,250 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,550 £65,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £39,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% - -7.03%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,142 3,678 5,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.58% 47.20% 31.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,784 1,511 3,655
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.24% -0.43%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -10 38 £29,500 -26.25% 8
Kent -9 27 £30,000 - 4
Thames Valley -17 26 £39,000 -5.45% 21
Berkshire +1 11 £39,000 -22.00% 9
Oxfordshire -7 10 £32,500 +18.18% 6
East Sussex -4 8 £35,500 - 2
Buckinghamshire -13 5 £55,000 +57.14% 6
West Sussex -16 2 £31,000 -38.00% 1
Surrey -35 1 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 19 (18.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.62%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (46.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.90%) PTC Creo
2 2 (1.90%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (34.29%) Azure
3 17 (16.19%) AWS
4 14 (13.33%) Entra ID
5 9 (8.57%) Azure Functions
5 9 (8.57%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (8.57%) Serverless
6 5 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (4.76%) GitHub
6 5 (4.76%) SaaS
7 4 (3.81%) Google Workspace
7 4 (3.81%) IaaS
7 4 (3.81%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.90%) GCP
8 2 (1.90%) PaaS
9 1 (0.95%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (15.24%) LAN
2 14 (13.33%) Firewall
3 12 (11.43%) DNS
3 12 (11.43%) WAN
4 11 (10.48%) VPN
5 10 (9.52%) VLAN
6 9 (8.57%) DHCP
6 9 (8.57%) WLAN
7 5 (4.76%) Internet
7 5 (4.76%) SSL
7 5 (4.76%) Wireless
8 4 (3.81%) VoIP
8 4 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.90%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.95%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.38%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.57%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.81%) Power BI
3 4 (3.81%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (13.33%) Git
2 5 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 71 (67.62%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.62%) French Language
4 7 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 6 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.76%) Multimedia
7 4 (3.81%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.90%) Finance
9 2 (1.90%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (35.24%) Analyst
2 33 (31.43%) IT Support
3 22 (20.95%) Support Analyst
4 18 (17.14%) Support Technician
5 17 (16.19%) IT Analyst
5 17 (16.19%) IT Support Analyst
6 14 (13.33%) 1st Line Support
6 14 (13.33%) 1st Line Support Technician
7 11 (10.48%) IT Engineer
7 11 (10.48%) Senior
8 10 (9.52%) Service Analyst
8 10 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
9 8 (7.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 8 (7.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 8 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 8 (7.62%) Developer
9 8 (7.62%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) Support Engineer
10 7 (6.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.52%) .NET
2 5 (4.76%) CSS
2 5 (4.76%) HTML
3 2 (1.90%) Web Services
4 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.95%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.38%) Driving Licence
2 7 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.95%) N-Tier
3 1 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 31 (29.52%) Windows
2 15 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.62%) Mac OS
4 7 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (3.81%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.86%) Android
8 2 (1.90%) Linux
9 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (35.24%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (30.48%) Customer Service
3 18 (17.14%) Computer Science
4 17 (16.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (16.19%) ITSM
4 17 (16.19%) Mentoring
5 14 (13.33%) ITIL
6 13 (12.38%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (9.52%) Cloud Security
7 10 (9.52%) Performance Metrics
7 10 (9.52%) Software Engineering
8 9 (8.57%) API Management
8 9 (8.57%) CI/CD
9 8 (7.62%) CRM
10 7 (6.67%) ERP
10 7 (6.67%) Secure Coding
11 6 (5.71%) Coaching
11 6 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 6 (5.71%) Project Delivery
11 6 (5.71%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.29%) SQL
2 12 (11.43%) Python
3 10 (9.52%) C#
4 6 (5.71%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.76%) R
6 4 (3.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (3.81%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.90%) Java
7 2 (1.90%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 60 (57.14%) Degree
2 26 (24.76%) A+ Certification
3 20 (19.05%) MCSE
4 16 (15.24%) Azure Certification
5 15 (14.29%) AWS Certification
6 13 (12.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 8 (7.62%) DBS Check
8 5 (4.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (4.76%) HNC
8 5 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (3.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (3.81%) MCSA
10 3 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.86%) Security Cleared
11 2 (1.90%) CCNA
11 2 (1.90%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.90%) MCAD
11 2 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.52%) QA
2 8 (7.62%) GDPR
3 7 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.95%) NCSC
6 1 (0.95%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (24.76%) Active Directory
2 16 (15.24%) Hyper-V
3 13 (12.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.76%) XenApp
5 1 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.81%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.90%) WSUS
4 1 (0.95%) Autotask
4 1 (0.95%) QRadar
Vendors
1 103 (98.10%) Microsoft
2 17 (16.19%) VMware
3 11 (10.48%) ServiceNow
4 9 (8.57%) Oracle
5 8 (7.62%) Cisco
6 7 (6.67%) Apple
7 6 (5.71%) Citrix
7 6 (5.71%) SonicWALL
7 6 (5.71%) Veeam
8 4 (3.81%) Datto
8 4 (3.81%) Google
8 4 (3.81%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.90%) Adobe
9 2 (1.90%) Dell
9 2 (1.90%) Draytek
9 2 (1.90%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.90%) Juniper
9 2 (1.90%) PTC
9 2 (1.90%) WatchGuard
10 1 (0.95%) LogRhythm